Combined drier and laundry-stove.



J. S. SHANKSI COMBINED DRIER AND LAUNDRY STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. al, I9I5. RENEwED FEB.

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COMBINED DRIER'AND LAUNDRY STOVE. APPLICATION FILED III/v1.31, 1.915. IIENEwED IEB. 11,1918.

Patented J uly 16, 1918.

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COMBINED DRIER AND LAUNDRY STOVE. APPLICATION HLED MAR.31.1915. RENEwED FEB. 11.1918.

Patented July 16, 1918.

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JOHN' S. SHANXS, OF CANTON, OHIO.

COMBINED DRIER AND LAUNDRY-STOVE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed March 31, 1915, Serial No. 18,330. Renewed February 11, 1918. Serial No. 218,650.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN S. SHANxs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined .Driers and Laundry-Stoves, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

y invention relates to improvements in combined driers and laundry stoves.A

The object of my invention is to provide adevice of this character in which the-ordinary'laundry stove is used to heat the drier and at the same time providing means whereby the laundry stove is not necessarily heated when not in use for laundry urposes, but is used solely for the purpose o heating the drier. l

A further object of my invention is to so arrange a burner that the top of the laundry stove will not be heated, yet providing for the proper amount-of heat for the drier, as hereinafter more fully described. l

A still further object of my invention is to provide a drier of this character' in which a greater circulation of air through the drier is obtained and can be readily vregulated for regulating the temperature of the having certain .details of strucoperation hereinafter more fully ture and In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 isa perspective view of the drier, partly broken away, showing the interior of the stove and the heat conveying tubes.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of 'my improved device, partly in section.

Fig. 3 1s a vertical sectional view taken on the lineB-, of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical on vthe line 4`4, of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken era'bly use Within the on the line 5 5, of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the shield plate showing the relative position of the drier heating burner.

In combined Adriers and laundry stoves,

the heat utilizedfor heating the stove has also been used for heating the drier, while in my device, separate burners are used for heating the driers. By this arrangement, it' that when it is not desired to will be seen be seen that when the stove is equal to one-third of that sectional view takenv for the purpose of ironing use the stove for heating the irons, the stove 1s not unnecessarily heated and, therefore, has a great advantage over those in which the one set of burners is used for heating the -stove and also the drier. By my im.- proved arrangement of the burners, it will being used to heat the irons, there is more or less heat assing to the drier, but when the burners or hea-ting the driers are in use, there is practically no heat in the stove and, therefore, the room in which the drier is placed 1s not unnecessarily heated, as is the case with the ordinary drier now in use.

Referring now to the drawings, 1- represents the body portion of my improved drier, which is preferably of a rectangular shape and of any desired size.l My Aim roved drier is preferably for use in small an large apartment houses, institutions and residences where there is no way in which to dry clothes.

The body portion l is provided adjacent its upper end with the sliding rack frames 2, which form closures for the end of the body-portion and serve as a means Whereby the clothes may be readily placed in the drier and. removed therefrom by sliding the racks therein. Below these racks is arranged the screen 3, which prevents any of the clothes that may drop from the racks falling upon the heating flues arranged below and which will be hereinafter more fully described.v

Arranged in front of the body-portion 1, is the laundry stove 4, which is of a rectangular form and preferably made of sheetmetal or cast iron andof a Width about of the body-portion of the drier, as fully shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. This stove can, if desired, be'made of the coal type and I'have shown a grate 5 adjacent its lower end, but I prefgas as fuel for the vsaid stove. upper end of the stove are arstove heating burners 6, which to heat the top 7 of the stove I or boiling the clothes. In rear of these burners are the -drier heatin burners 8, which willgbe hereinafter more ully described. Communicating with the lower end of the stove 4 is a narrow flat flue 9, which extendsthe entire width of ranged the are adapted which communicate with the heating filles 9 andlO, which extend within the lower portion of the body-portion 1 below the screen 3. The opposite ends of the heating tion of the stove.

lues 9 and "10 communicate with the vertical passage 1l, arranged in the rear por- Said passage 11 communicates with the-'opening 12, which in turn is in. communication with the pipe 13,

which leads upwardly and allows the products of combustion to pass from the heating flues to the chimney or otherwise from the room in which the drier is arranged.

Arranged at the ends of the burners 8, are the obliquely extending shield plates 14, which extend downwardly through the passages 7 and 8 and enter the ends of the heating lues 9 and 10. These shieldv plates are preferably made of semi-circular form having their lower sides open, which allows the proper amount of air to pass to the burner and to the iues 9 and 10 and yet prevent the heat from the burners engaging the top of the stove and heating the same. The lues 9 and 10 are U-shaped in form and preferably rectangular in cross section, although they could be round or any other shape and extend across the body of the drier to a point close to the rear wall, as fully shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing. These lues are supported by legs 15 and 16 carried by the bottom 17 of the drier, or on the Hoor if a bottom pan is not provided.

Arranged below the flues 9 and 10 are correspondingly shaped air ues 18 and 19, which have their outer ends communicating with the connections 20, which have their outer ends in communication with the space 21', in the rear of the stove 4. The ends of the connections 20 are closed by a damper 22, pivoted at 23, whereby the amount of fresh air allowed to pass into the iiues 18 and 19 may be regulated. While I have shown a pivoted damper for controlling the amount of air supplied to these flues, it will be understood that a sliding damper could be used. The upper ends of the iiues 18 and 19 are provided with openings 24 for discharging the fresh airtothe drier. Below the fresh air flues 18 and 19 and above the bottom 17 of the drier is a horizontally arranged plate 25 having its rear endextending upwardly at 26, and spaced from the rear wall 28 of the drier. This plate is of a width slightly less than that. of the drier so as to allow heavy air, containing moisture, to pass downwardlyl below the plate 25 with the space 29, as 1s clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing and is supported by the collars 27 carried by the supporting legs 14 and 15.

Communicating with the iiue 9, through the opening 10, are horizontally arranged iiues 30, which extend across the bottom of the drier within the space 29 and provided with openings 31. The heavy air, containing moisture, passes from the spaces 29 through the opening 31 to the fines 30 and out through the passage 9 to the fire-box of the stove 4.v v

The burners 6 and 8, as shown in Fig. 5, are supplied with the proper mixture of air and gas through the pipe 33 to cause a perfect combustion of gas and this pipe 33 is supplied with gas by means of the pipe 34, all of which will be'understood and needs no further description. The burners 32 are special in shape and construction and are designed especially for the purpose intendedbeing supplied with the proper mixture of air through the air mixers shown, and with' the proper amount of gas by means of the gas valves shown and gas supply pipes 34, to cause a perfect combustion of gas, all of which will be understood and needs no further description.

When the heat is to be used for heating the irons orboiling the clothes, the burners 6 are lighted andthe heated air from the 'stove passes downwardly through the pas- The fresh supply of air passes through the connections 20 into the lues 18 and l19 and discharged through the opening into the body of the drier. The fresh air rises upwardly around the flues 9 and 10 through the screen and isheated and comes in contact with the clothes on the racks 2 in the upper portion of the drier.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have lproduced a drier of this character in which the same heat used in heating the top of the stove can be used by heating the drier yand also providing means whereby the drier may be used Without heating, to any extent, the stove and yet obtainV the proper amount ofheat to properly dry the clothes within the drier.

While I have shown and described this specific manner of arranging the burners ir order to accomplish this result, it will be unveo I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a drier, 'of a laundry stove adjacent thereto and in communication with a drier at its upper and lower ends, a series of burners within the stove for heating the top of a laundry stove and a. series of burners for supplying the drier with the proper amount of hot air.

2. The combination with a drier, of a laundry stove adjacent the drier, flues communicating with the upper` end of the vstove and the drier, burners within the stove adjacent the lues, steel plates above the burners and extending into the flues for conveying the heat to the flues, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with a housing, means for removably supporting the clothes within the housing, of a laundry stove adjacent the housing, fiues communicating with the upper end of the stove and the housing, burners within the stove adjacent the iiues, Shield plates above the burners and extending downwardly into the fiues for conveying the heat from the burners to the fines, and a flue communicating with the lower end of the stove and the lower end of the housing.

4. The combination with a drier, removable racks for supporting the clothes within the drier, a laundry stove adjacent the drier, flues communicating with the upper end of the stove and the drier, burners adjacent the iiues, shield plates above the burners and extending obliquely into the flues and adapted to convey the heat from the burners to the fines, a flue communicating with the lower end of the stove and the lower end of the drier and means for supplying the drier with fresh air.

5. rlhe combination with a drier and its clothes supporting racks, a laundry stove adjacent the drier, flues communicating with the upper end of the stove and the drier, a series of burners in the stove for heating the top of the stove, a second series of burners within the stove and adapted to heat the either series of burners is caused to travel through the lues to the drier.

6. The combination with a drier and its clothes supporting racks, flues within the lower end of the drier and having their outer ends in communication with one side of the drier, a laundry stove adjacent the drier, passages communicating with the upper end of the lstove and with the outside arm of the dues-conveying the heat from the stove, and a vertical passage communicating withI the inside arms of the flues for conveying the heat from the ues, a passage communi'cating with the lower end of the stove of combustion from drier and means whereby the heat from and the. lower end of the drier and means for supplying fresh air to the drier directly below the heating ilues.

7. The combination with a drier and its clothes supporting racks, two heating fines arranged in a horizontal alinement within the lower end of the drier and having their outer. free ends communicating with one side of the drier, a laundry stove adjacent the drier and having two passages communicating with the outer free arms of the iiues, a vertical passa-ge communicating with the inner free arms of the iues for conveying the products of combustion from the 'lues, fresh air pipes directly below the heating flues and communicating with the outside atmosphere for supplying fresh air to the drier directly below the lues and a passage communicating with the lower end of thedrier and the laundry stove.

8. The combination with a drier and its clothes supporting racks, a screen extending across the drier above its lower end, two heating ilues supported in horizontal alinement above the lower end of the drier, passages communicating with one end of each of the ilues and with the stove, the opposite ends of the fiues communicating with a discharge passage for conveying the products the iiues, fresh air supplying tubes directly below the fiues within the drier and in communication with the voutside atmosphere and having openings in their upper faces, a passage communicating with the lower end of the drier and the lower end of the stove, a damper in said passage for regulating-the passage of air from t e drier to the stove, and a damper for regulating the supply of fresh air to the tubes.

9. The combination with a drier and its clothes supporting racks, heating flues, arranged in horizontal alinement within the drier a suitable distance above its lower end, a laundry stove adjacent the drier, burners within the stove, passages communicating with the stove and one end of the flues, a discharge passage communicating with the opposite endsof the heating iiues, pipes within the lower end of the drier directly below the heating lues and having their outer ends in commun-ication with the outside atmosphere, a damper for controlling the supply of fresh air to the said tubes, a plate eX- tending across the lower end of the drier below the fresh air tubes, and a passage communicating with the space below the plate 'and with the lower end of the laundry stove,

series of burners adjacent the rear end of the stove in an alinement with the obliquely arranged passages, semi-circular shield plates above the burner and extendingobliquely withinthe passages whereby the heat from the burners is directed into the Hues within the drier without unnecessarily heating the stove.

11. A drier comprising a housing, a heating Hue within the housing, a chimney Hue extending into the housing, a burner within the inlet end of the heating Hue and the outlet end of the Hue communicating with Vthe chimney Hue, whereby the chimney Hue draft draws and elongates the burner Haine into the heating Hue.-

12. A drier comprising a housing, a. stove in communication with the housing, a heating Hue within the housing, the stove having a chimney Hue, a burner in the inlet end of the heating Hue and the outlet end of the Hue communicating with saidv stove'chimney Hue.

13. A drier comprising a housing, a stove in communication with' the housing and having a chimney Hue, two approximately U- sha-ped heating Hues Within the housing, burners in the inlet ends of the heating Hues and their outlet ends in communication with said stove chimney Hue.

14. A drier comprising a housing, a stove in communication with the housing and havinga chimney Hue, two approximately shaped heating Hues within the housing, burners in the inlet ends of the heating Hues and locatedv l at opposite sides of the said chimney Hue and the outlet ends ing Hues communicating with the said stove chimney Hue. In testimony whereof I hereunto aHix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN Si SHANKS. l i

Witnesses: RUTH KUHNS,

ANNA DECKABD.

of the heat- 

